Ambarenya discusses with 400-Rabbits the two dynasties that
formed the golden age of the medieval Byzantine Empire, albeit a
golden age that was fraught with internal dissent and encroaching
enemies on all sides. Part 1 covers the Macedonian dynasty,
primarily examining their later period and decline, before seguing
ino the turmoil that eventually gave rise to Alexios Komnenos as
the first of the Komnenian dynasty.